I’d like to thank EP Books for giving me a copy of Zachary Macaulay by Faith Cook in return for my honest review. There are few social issues that leave a bloody stain across the pages of history the way slavery and racial violence do. The Bible is so very clear that human beings are created and valued by God… View Post
Parenting. Fight the Good Fight.
“Just…” The pastor-turned-counselor took a deep breath. After all, what could he say? The situation was pretty bleak. “Keep fighting the good fight.” I wanted to hit him. Because I was fighting. With everything I had, I was fighting… to enforce appropriate consequences, to be patient, kind and loving… to call my teens back from the precipice that leads to everything rotten, decrepit… View Post
Great Kings of the Bible by Deepak Reju
I’d like to thank Christian Focus Publications for giving me a copy of Great Kings of the Bible by Deepak Reju in return for my honest review, and also for providing a copy to giveaway! It’s easy to glamorize the great kings of united Israel. We all love royalty, don’t we? And Saul, David, and Solomon (united Israel’s first three kings) were… View Post
Working with the End in Mind ~ Raising Real Men by Hal and Melanie Young
I want to thank Hal and Melanie Young for sending me a copy of Raising Real Men in return for my honest review. I grew up in a house with two sisters and a strong adult female personality. Consider then, my shock when I married (seven months after our first date) and settled down to raise a new-to-me ten-year-old daughter… View Post
Bake Through the Bible by Susie Bentley-Taylor & Bekah Moore
I want to thank both The Good Book Company and Cross Focused Reviews for a copy of Bake Through the Bible in exchange for my honest review. Susie Bentley-Taylor and Bekah Moore have put together a series of 20 Bible stories with accompanying recipes in their new book Bake Through the Bible (The Good Book Company, 2013). The book is… View Post
Solid Answers for Hard Questions ~ Tough Questions About the Bible by Joel R. Beeke
I want to thank Christian Focus Publications for providing me with a PDF copy of Tough Questions About the Bible by Joel R. Beeke in return for my honest opinion. My children frequently ask me questions about the Bible that surprise me. I’ve heard everything from “Why do we call Jonah a prophet and not a missionary?” (age 3) to… View Post
The Good News for Little People ~ 365 Great Bible Stories by Carine Mackenzie
I want to thank Christian Focus Publications for providing me with a copy of 365 Great Bible Stories in return for my honest opinion. Children’s Bible storybooks often treat the Bible as just a collection of stories–each with a moral–that are completely unrelated. Yet, the Bible is the story of God, of His relationship with us, and of our relationship with… View Post